Didsbury Arts Festival is back this year 23 June – 2 July with a number of events and installations across Didsbury. DidsburyFM are very proud to be participating once again in the festival, with our installation “Represent Me” taking place at Bright Horizons Nursery, 139a Barlow Moor Road, M20 2DY on Sunday 2nd July 12pm – 4pm.
Our installation is a community contribution event, with art provided by the students of Didsbury High School. We asked them to think about designing some car park symbols for under-represented groups in their community.
We asked them: “In a typical carpark you might see specific symbols for disabled, and for parents, sometimes for motorbikes or electric cars – but who else might have their own symbol? What might it be, and what kind of a space might they need? Do athletes have the spaces as far away from the shops as possible? Do Audi drivers have spaces carved at jaunty angles, slightly over the pavement?
Consider your own community, the in-groups and out-groups. What symbols would represent them?”
Come down and visit us on 2nd July, when we will be painting the best entries onto the car park outside Bright Horizons nursery – have some tea and cakes with us and take a look at what the children come up with! It will be a great event.
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